LPWAN
Low-Power Wide-Area Network: technologies that send small amounts of data over long distances with very little energy.
LPWAN covers licensed cellular options (LTE-M, NB-IoT) and unlicensed ones such as LoRaWAN. They trade data rate for range and battery life, often years on a battery.
Why it matters for business
LPWAN makes it affordable to connect devices that send a few readings a day, such as meters, sensors and simple trackers.